MEDIUM
langen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files
Published Aug 17, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.27%
Description
langen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.5a
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.5
- 3.1_alpha1
- 3.1_beta1
- 3.1_beta2
- 3.2
- 3.2.0_beta1
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.4
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.27% 0.01270
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01270
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.27% (0.01270) | 68.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.27% (0.01270) | 65.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.65% (0.00646) | 68.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 32.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00098) | 41.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00098) | 39.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16428 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:159 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16428 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050815-1.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:159 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14561 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Aug 17, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 30, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2101
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a